{"id":9500,"date":"2020-10-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:44:23","slug":"confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/02\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence in Merkel is at all-time high in several countries during her last full year in office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377020\" \/><figcaption>German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin following a virtual meeting with governors of Germany&#8217;s 16 states on Aug. 27, 2020. (Omer Messinger-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Angela Merkel enters the home stretch of her nearly 15-year tenure, more people <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2020\/09\/15\/us-image-plummets-internationally-as-most-say-country-has-handled-coronavirus-badly\/pg_2020-09-15_u-s-image_0-05\/\">express confidence<\/a> in the German chancellor than in any other world leader asked about in a recent Pew Research Center survey of 14 countries. And in six of those countries, the share of adults who have confidence in Merkel is the highest on record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year marks the last full calendar year that Merkel will serve as the head of Germany\u2019s federal government. Merkel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/german-chancellor-angela-merkel-ready-to-step-down-from-party-leadership\/2018\/10\/29\/4bbf67da-db60-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html\">announced<\/a> in October 2018 that she would not seek reelection in elections planned for next year. She is closing out her tenure amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topics\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\/\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/09\/03\/views-of-the-economy-have-turned-sharply-negative-in-many-countries-amid-covid-19\/\">widespread economic pessimism<\/a> in Europe and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, a median of 75% across the surveyed countries say they have confidence in Merkel to do the right thing regarding world affairs. That is higher than the share who say the same about French President Emmanuel Macron (63%), British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (50%), Russian President Vladimir Putin (23%), Chinese President Xi Jinping (19%) and U.S. President Donald Trump (17%). Majorities of adults express confidence in Merkel in every country surveyed except Italy, where people are divided (50% confident, 49% not confident).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);--block-gap: inherit\" class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible js-react-collapsible is-style-alternate has-background has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-border-color has-ui-beige-dark-border-color\" id=\"how-we-did-this\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/collapsible&quot;}\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;collapsibleId&quot;:&quot;how-we-did-this&quot;,&quot;isOpen&quot;:false}\" data-wp-class--is-open=\"context.isOpen\" data-wp-init--scroll-into-view=\"callbacks.onInitScrollIntoView\"><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__title\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"><div>How we did this<\/div><button class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__icon\"><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"context.isOpen\"><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-plus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><span data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!context.isOpen\" hidden><i class=\"icon icon-library__light icon__circle-minus\"><svg style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/plugins\/prc-icon-library\/build\/icons\/sprites\/light.svg#circle-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-prc-block-collapsible__content\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This analysis focuses on confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel across 14 countries over time. The work builds on previous studies about <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2017\/07\/05\/on-world-affairs-most-g20-countries-more-confident-in-merkel-than-trump\/\">confidence in Merkel<\/a> compared with other world leaders and during <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/09\/19\/facing-reelection-merkel-gets-mostly-high-marks-for-handling-of-economy\/\">global crises<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study was conducted in countries where nationally representative telephone surveys are feasible. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/04\/30\/the-coronavirus-pandemics-impact-on-pew-research-centers-global-polling\/\">face-to-face interviewing is not currently possible<\/a> in many parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this report, we used data from nationally representative surveys of 14,276 adults conducted from June 10 to Aug. 3, 2020, in 14 advanced economies. All surveys were conducted over the phone with adults in the U.S., Canada, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Australia, Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PewResearchCenter_Merkel_post_TOPLINE_FOR_RELEASE.pdf\">questions used<\/a> in this report, along with responses, and the survey <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methodology\/international-survey-research\/international-methodology\/all-survey\/all-country\/all-year\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-640-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16654\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/02\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/ft_10-01-20_merkelupdate-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eef0ef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eef0ef;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_10.01.20_merkelUPDATE.png?resize=480,339 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_10.01.20_merkelUPDATE.png?resize=782,552 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_10.01.20_merkelUPDATE.png?resize=960,678 960w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_10.01.20_merkelUPDATE.png?resize=1200,848 1200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_10.01.20_merkelUPDATE.png?resize=1280,904 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"452\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_10.01.20_merkelUPDATE.png?w=640\" alt=\"Confidence in Merkel is at its highest level on record in several countries\" class=\"wp-image-16654 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six countries where confidence in Merkel is now at its highest level on record are the United Kingdom (where 76% have confidence in her), Canada (74%), Spain and Australia (both 72%), Japan (67%) and the United States (61%). In France and Italy, confidence in Merkel was higher prior to the eurozone crisis than it is now. And in Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea and Sweden, more people had confidence in Merkel in the years following the height of the refugee crisis than currently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16637\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/02\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/ft_20-09-30_merkel2-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dbded3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dbded3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel2.png?resize=480,951 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel2.png?resize=620,1228 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"614\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel2.png?w=310\" alt=\"Majorities in nearly every country surveyed have confidence in Merkel\" class=\"wp-image-16637 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Merkel took office in 2005, confidence in the German chancellor has been relatively stable in much of Europe \u2013 Germany in particular \u2013 as she has helped coordinate national and international responses to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/12\/08\/143292255\/can-angela-merkel-save-europe\">eurozone debt crisis<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/worldviews\/wp\/2018\/07\/03\/what-you-need-to-know-about-germanys-immigration-crisis\/\">refugee crisis<\/a> and now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germans-rally-behind-merkel-governments-coronavirus-response\/a-53366507\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. A majority of Germans have expressed confidence in Merkel throughout her tenure, with around eight-in-ten (81%) doing so now. The share of Germans who express <em>no <\/em>confidence in Merkel has declined 12 percentage points in two years, from a high of 31% in 2018 to the current figure of 19%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, confidence in Merkel remains high internationally even though views of Germany have declined in several countries since 2007. In Italy, for example, the share of adults with a favorable view of Germany declined from 75% in 2007 to 53% in 2019. Still, Germany continues to be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2019\/10\/14\/the-european-union\/#views-of-germany-positive-except-in-greece\">much more favorably than not<\/a> overall. Across 15 European countries surveyed by Pew Research Center in 2019, including Russia and Ukraine, a median of 74% had a positive view of Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"views-of-merkel-differ-by-education-level-and-in-some-countries-by-gender\">Views of Merkel differ by education level and, in some countries, by gender<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16643\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/02\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/ft_20-09-30_merkel3-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeedec\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeedec;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel3.png?resize=480,805 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel3.png?resize=620,1040 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"520\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel3.png?w=310\" alt=\"People with more education are more likely to have confidence in Merkel\" class=\"wp-image-16643 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 12 of the 14 countries surveyed this year, those with a postsecondary education or higher are more likely to have confidence in Merkel than those with less education. In Italy, for example, 64% of those with more education have confidence in Merkel, compared with 47% of those with less education, a difference of 17 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Views of Merkel also differ substantially by education in the UK, Australia, the U.S., South Korea, Denmark and Japan. And in Merkel\u2019s own country, people with at least a postsecondary education are more confident in their chancellor than those with less education (88% vs. 78%, respectively) \u2013 though confidence is high among both groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In most countries, views of Merkel don\u2019t differ by gender. But in Canada, Spain and South Korea, men are more likely than women to have confidence in her. The reverse is true in Germany, where 86% of women express confidence, compared with 75% of men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-the-u-s-confidence-in-merkel-differs-widely-by-party\">In the U.S., confidence in Merkel differs widely by party<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The share of Americans who express confidence in Merkel has increased from 38% in 2006 to 61% in this year\u2019s survey. (In 2006, 38% did not offer an opinion, a share that fell to 9% this year.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-420-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16646\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/02\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/ft_20-09-30_merkel4-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f1f1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f1f1;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel4.png?resize=480,528 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel4.png?resize=782,861 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel4.png?resize=826,909 826w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"462\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel4.png?w=420\" alt=\"Democrats have grown much more confident in Merkel since 2006; little change among Republicans\" class=\"wp-image-16646 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, impressions of Germany\u2019s leader have differed by Americans\u2019 partisan identification. Democrats and independents who lean to the Democratic Party are now much more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to say they have confidence in Merkel (76% vs. 50%). Earlier in Merkel\u2019s tenure, Democrats and Republicans barely differed in their views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats have become much more likely to express confidence in Merkel over time. In 2006, 35% of Democrats expressed confidence in Germany\u2019s leader, a share that has risen to about three-quarters (76%) today. By comparison, Republicans\u2019 confidence in Merkel has changed little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-germany-views-of-country-s-handling-of-covid-19-are-linked-to-confidence-in-merkel\">In Germany, views of country\u2019s handling of COVID-19 are linked to confidence in Merkel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Germans, views of their country\u2019s handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/topics\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\/\">coronavirus outbreak<\/a> are tied to confidence in Merkel. Those who say their country has done a good job dealing with the virus are much more likely than those who say it has done a bad job to have confidence in Merkel (87% vs. 41%, respectively).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-310-wide\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-16651\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/02\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/ft_20-09-30_merkel5-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dbdedb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dbdedb;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel5.png?resize=480,582 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel5.png?resize=614,744 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"376\" width=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.30_merkel5.png?w=310\" alt=\"Germans are positive about their own country's handling of coronavirus, but critical of the U.S. and China\" class=\"wp-image-16651 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany has fared relatively well during the coronavirus outbreak. The country has fewer COVID-19 deaths per capita than many other European countries surveyed. And a majority of Germans (61%) say their <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2020\/08\/27\/most-approve-of-national-response-to-covid-19-in-14-advanced-economies\/#coronavirus-has-changed-many-lives-throughout-14-nations\">everyday lives<\/a> have not changed too much or at all as a result of the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German economy has also generally held up, though data suggests a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy\/german-recovery-from-covid-19-will-be-slow-and-painful-data-shows-idUSKBN247160\">slow recovery<\/a>. About half (51%) of Germans say <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/09\/03\/views-of-the-economy-have-turned-sharply-negative-in-many-countries-amid-covid-19\/\">the current economic situation<\/a> is good, and they are among the most optimistic in Europe, with 47% saying that the economic situation will improve in the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germans are also very positive when rating their own country\u2019s job dealing with the coronavirus outbreak: Nearly nine-in-ten (88%) say the country has done well. About two-thirds say both the European Union and World Health Organization have done a good job with the outbreak. However, views are not so positive toward the other two countries asked about in the survey: A majority say China has done a bad job, and 88% say the same of how the U.S. has handled the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Germans broadly have confidence in Merkel, there are political differences in views of the chancellor. Those with favorable views of two of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/2020-outlook-germanys-foreign-policy-divides-angela-merkels-coalition\/a-51605116\">ruling coalition parties<\/a> \u2013 Merkel\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/cdu-christian-democratic-union\/t-17351950\">Christian Democratic Union<\/a> (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) \u2013 are more likely to say they have confidence in Merkel to do the right thing regarding world affairs than those who do not have favorable views of these parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, supporters of Germany\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2020\/08\/27\/appendix-a-classifying-european-political-parties\/\">right-wing populist<\/a> Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are much <em>less<\/em> likely to be positive on Merkel than those who who do not support AfD. About half (51%) of AfD supporters have confidence in Merkel, compared with 86% of those who do not support the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note: Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/PewResearchCenter_Merkel_post_TOPLINE_FOR_RELEASE.pdf\">questions used<\/a> in this report, along with responses, and the survey <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/methodology\/international-survey-research\/international-methodology\/all-survey\/all-country\/all-year\">methodology<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A median of 75% across 14 surveyed countries say they have confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel to do the right thing regarding world affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-10-02T16:33:58Z","apple_news_api_id":"05d8e32c-8472-4d09-8694-ac5de0d4e7ac","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2020-10-29T22:55:12Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ABdjjLIRyTQmGlKxd4NTnrA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"relatedPosts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[69,115],"bylines":[849,706],"collection":[],"datasets":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[467],"_fund_pool":[],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[525],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-9500","short-read","type-short-read","status-publish","hentry","category-angela-merkel","category-world-leaders","bylines-moira-fagan","bylines-shannon-schumacher","formats-short-read","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-global"],"label":"Short Read","post_parent":0,"word_count":1262,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/10\/02\/confidence-in-merkel-is-at-all-time-high-in-several-countries-during-her-last-full-year-in-office\/","art_direction":{"DEFAULT_STATE":{"A1":false,"A2":false,"A3":false,"A4":false,"XL":false,"facebook":false,"twitter":false,"id":16657,"url":false,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/1970\/01\/"},"A2":{"id":16688,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"XL":{"id":16688,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp?w=720&h=405&crop=1","width":720,"height":405,"chartArt":false},"A3":{"id":16688,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp?w=194&h=110&crop=1","width":194,"height":110,"chartArt":false},"A4":{"id":16688,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"A1":{"id":16688,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"chartArt":false},"social":{"id":16688,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/10\/FT_20.09.29_Merkel_feature-2-jpg.webp?w=1200&h=628&crop=1","width":1200,"height":628,"chartArt":false}},"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Opinion of Merkel at or near all-time high across 14 countries in 2020","description":"A median of 75% across 14 surveyed countries say they have confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel to do the right thing regarding world affairs.","og_title":"Confidence in Merkel is at all-time high in several countries during her last full year in office","og_description":"A median of 75% across 14 surveyed countries say they have confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel to do the right thing regarding world affairs.","schema_type":"Article","noindex":false,"canonical_url":"","primary_terms":[],"custom_schema":[],"twitter_title":"Confidence in Merkel is at all-time high in several countries during her last full year in office","twitter_description":"A median of 75% across 14 surveyed countries say they have confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel to do the right thing regarding world affairs.","og_image":16688,"twitter_image":377104,"indexnow_submitted_at":null,"gsc_index_status":null},"prepublish_checks":{},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"relatedPostsOrdered":[],"bylinesOrdered":[{"key":"aa62b8614ba844f8d5acc2b59ca8571b","termId":706},{"key":"ddac630fc1c5cc5e9662d2c7846545db","termId":849}],"acknowledgementsOrdered":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/short-read\/9500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/short-read"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/short-read"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/short-read\/9500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30334,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/short-read\/9500\/revisions\/30334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"bylines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bylines?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"datasets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/datasets?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"_post_visibility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post_visibility?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"formats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formats?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"_fund_pool","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_fund_pool?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/languages?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"regions-countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions-countries?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"research-teams","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-teams?post=9500"},{"taxonomy":"workflow-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workflow-status?post=9500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}